This lesson includes scaffolded analytical writing tasks that provide examples for teaching Common Core writing.

This excerpt from a biography explains how Pablo Picasso’s painting style changed over the twentieth century. It describes his Blue Period, Rose Period, and the period of Cubism. (McGraw-Hill Open Court, 2002)

This lesson was created as part of the Basal Alignment Project, during which teachers created CCSS-aligned lessons for existing literary and information texts in basal readers. All page numbers and unit/week designations found in this lesson relate to the edition of the basal reader named above. If you are using a trade book or different edition of this title, the page/unit/week references in this lesson will not match. Consult the content referenced in the body of the lesson to determine appropriate page numbers for your text.